South Asian and Arab American Comedians: Race in America

South Asian/Arab comedians crack audiences up at Breakthrough's "Laff it Up" event at Joe's Pub in NYC. Watch Comedy Central's Dean Obeidallah and others dish about race in America.
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[Witness]

When will you do another Speak up Act up event?

[LetsBreakthrough]

Hey Witness- not sure when we will do one... but I'll let organizers know that there is interest for another one!

-Breakthrough

[ImmortalGrandPriX]

no actually, south asians and arabs look totally different. only sometimes do they look similar. [i've been around tons of south asians and tons of arabs] arabs generally look much more european, while south asians [are a race of their own, the arab world is too big to call it a race, in terms of features anyway] generally have that Indian look, with darker skin and generally straighter smoother hair... etc.. what confuses ppl btw them is I guess how their worlds share Islam. etc..

[PeelTower]

I would like to see more cross racial contact in the US and the UK (where I'm from). It is surely an old method of divide and rule to pit races against each other. Another technique is the demonization of the poor. The 'lazy' poor who 'won't work'. They are a staple scape goat on radio talk shows all over the western world. The trick is to get the guy just above the utterly impoverished to hate them. And the guy just above him to hate him and so on....it is a stinking trick which sadly works.

[ynvr23]

@filippakos4 what is the name of the last guy who was talking about palestine???

[ynvr23]

what is the name of the last guy who was talking about palestine???

[coonman36]

Somebody cry me a river about how you are always hated against which is complete bs and if you were actually were hated upon you deserved it!!!!

[enaidgnuish]

the gay guy was the best.

but really, it's sad such racism still exists in america

[yunaas101]

the indian girl was funny

[dbastard1977]

Hey, Freddit Mercury was gay and Indian and he was pretty great...I loved Freddie

[limewalls]

@Ravenmongoose First guy was Bangladeshi American..not sure about the woman...

[redshoes555]

oh wow he is Bangali!!!!!!!!!!!!!oooooooooo­oooooooooo

[Ravenmongoose]

All Indians bar Dean Obeidallah.